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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by titzer on Saturday July 30, 2022 @05:22PM (#32290474)
You're saying that nuclear testing produces a lot of radioactive fallout? Yeah, it does. This is absolutely not the same thing as operating a nuclear reactor.
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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by runarberg on Saturday July 30, 2022 @05:36PM (#32290577)
Hanford had nuclear reactors.

But that is despite the point. Their safety record with nuclear is horrendous. Full of examples of neglect and pollution. I’m not an expert in the nuclear history of the US military, but I wouldn’t be surprised that many of their smaller reactors have similar stories as Hanford. It is just not as spectacular—and therefor not as much in the public consciousness—as Chernobyl.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by smegger001 on Saturday July 30, 2022 @06:32PM (#32291028)
yes they had reactors that were shutdown clear back in the 70s for being to old of design.
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